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7513533 Combination stamp and advertising booklet  
The present invention is directed toward a combination stamp and advertising booklet. Particularly, a combination postage stamp and advertising booklet having dimensions of paper currency so that...
7396048 Internet stamp  
A postage sheet includes a face sheet adhesively bonded to a release liner. The face sheet includes a removable internet stamp having a diecut perimeter. A visible security indicium is disposed on...
7240037 Method and apparatus for digitally signing an advertisement area next to a value-bearing item  
An on-line VBI printing system that includes one or more cryptographic modules and a central database. The cryptographic modules are capable of implementing a variety of required security...
7127434 Apparatus, system, and method for postage stamp generating  
Disclosed is an apparatus, system, and method for postage stamp generation. The apparatus includes print module configured to print a customized image or text based stamp, and a communication...
7051007 Apparatus and method for printing an information-based indicia program (IBIP) postage in a printer driver system  
A method and apparatus for printing an information-based indicia program (IBIP) postage in a computer printing subsystem is disclosed wherein a third-party word processing software with mail merge...
7043053 Matching image characteristics of stamps and personal images to aesthetically fit into a personal postal product  
A postal assembly and method of making the assembly. The assembly includes an official postal product have a designated area which is modified so as to provide a desired visual affect with an...
6985887 Apparatus and method for authenticated multi-user personal information database  
A method of assuring integrity of a personal information in a data base containing personal information provided by multiple users uses in various embodiments physiological identifiers associated...
6961717 Method for positioning an indicium for printing on a substrate and a system for carrying out such method and mailpiece produced by such method  
A method for positioning an indicium for printing on substrate. The indicium can be an IBIP type indicium and the substrate can be the surface of an envelope. The substrate has printable and...
6926309 Modification of receiver surface to reject stamp cancellation information  
An official postal product, and a method and apparatus for making the official postal product. The official postal product includes a first image area having an official postal indicia a second...
6918615 Special service mailing label capable of receiving electronically imaged postage and a method for using same  
A form is provided for printing mailpiece information relating to mail handling for attachment to a mailpiece as well as a method for preparing a mailpiece for delivery by a special service. The...
6839695 Postage meter location system  
A postage meter system includes a postage meter and a data center. The postage meter is registered to a specific customer at a designated location for printing a postal indicium on a mail piece....
6826289 System for changing attribute of image by electronic watermark  
In the attribute detection apparatus in the system of the present invention, an inputted image is transformed by DCT means to extract an estimation value of the embedded electronic watermark data...
6817517 Distribution based postage tracking system and method  
A distribution unit is formed from a plurality of postage items, each of the postage items having a tracking number printed thereon. The distribution unit includes a machine readable tracking...
6805926 Security label having security element and method of making same  
A security label having one or more security elements is used on or in association with items, such as consumer products, that have value and are susceptible to counterfeiting. The security label...
6804379 Digital watermarks and postage  
Postal stamps are steganographically encoded with plural bit data. This data can represent information such as value, or zip code. Or it can serve as a pointer to a remote data repository, where...
6721717 Method and system of printing postage indicia from an envelope design application  
The invention is a method and system for printing a postage meter indicia from a data processing system. The printing of the indicia is under control of an indicia control in an object linking and...
6688742 System for metering and auditing the dots or drops or pulses produced by a digital printer  
A device in a postage meter that uses dot or drop printing to enhance security. Security is achieved by counting the number of signal pulses that are used to produce ink drops or ink dots that are...
6676164 Personal postal product  
An official postal product that can be placed over a personal image without substantially detracting from the viewing of the personal image.
6641173 Tax stamp perforator and notcher  
A tax stamp perforator and notcher applies a diagonal line of spaced apart perforations on a tax stamp for subsequent application to a cigarette pack. The stamp is glued or otherwise applied to the...
6505179 Verifying the authenticity of printed documents on universally available paper stock  
Universally available preprinted forms are used in a general purpose printing device to allow for the subsequent verification of the authenticity of a printed document such as a ticket, stamp,...
6450537 Self-service postage stamp assemblage  
A postage stamp assemblage wherein an indicia bearing element containing a photographic film unit is covered by an overlay sheet containing a transparent zone, allowing the photographic film unit...
6427139 Method for requesting and refunding postage utilizing an indicium printed on a mailpiece  
A method for requesting a postage refund includes the steps of generating a postage indicium having a postage value and first data indicative that a refund of the postage value is requested; and...
6408286 Postage printing system having a digital coupon distribution system  
A postage printing system, comprising a computer, a data center, a control system and a redemption center. The computer is in operative communication with a printer for printing a postal indicium...
6394499 Self-adhesive stamp construction  
A stamp product is described which is self-adhesive and adheres to a release liner. The product is imprinted with stamp graphics and perforated about the periphery of the graphics and through the...
6386590 Meter tape and address labels for non-impact printer  
A template sheet forming postal meter labels or combination postal meter/address labels are described upon which postal indicia can be printed, by a non-impact printer, less than one-quarter inch...
6364364 Combination shipping label/detachable packing slip/label  
A combination shipping label and packing slip/label form which comprises a first ply having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a second release liner ply detachably secured to the bottom...
6203067 Linerless postage stamps with cancellation ink absorbing particles  
Linerless postage stamps are produced by coating a paper substrate on the bottom surface with pressure sensitive adhesive, and coating the substrate on the top surface with release material, such...
6139067 Detachable stamp and envelope  
An envelope has one wall with a stamp integrated in the wall. The wall has a zone of least resistance which surrounds the stamp for removing the stamp from the wall. The stamp has a first, inner...
6123361 Promotional article  
A promotional mailing in the form of an envelope having an insert with a promotional message and a simulated reward item, i.e., an item which substantially simulates in shape, size and coloration...
6112193 Reading encrypted data on a mail piece to cancel the mail piece  
A system that uses a digital postage meter or Postal Security Device to add information to the indicia that indicates that the mail piece has already been scanned. This information will inform the...
6106019 Value stamps promotion kit with break-open stamps  
A value stamp promotion kit comprises a plurality of value stamps and at least one value book to which the stamps can be affixed. The value stamps are packaged in a break-open ticked having a tab...
6062603 Direct response mailing having response card and set of stamps  
A direct response mailing includes a response card and a set of stamps. The response card has a pressure sensitive adhesive patterned and applied to certain fields of the response card and has...
6059317 Stamp display system  
A stamp collection sleeve is provided including a pair of sheets of clear plastic integrally coupled along inboard edges, outboard edges, and top and bottom edges thereof. The sheets are each...
6053536 Prepaid advertising coupon envelope and method  
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for direct mail distribution of manufacturer and retailer's redeemable coupons using a prepaid mailing envelope. The multiple method...
5978781 Digital printing, metering, and recording of other post services on the face of a mail piece  
A inexpensive and time saving method and system for reducing the use of gummed service stickers and the completion by hand of special forms for specialty mail is disclosed. This invention also...
5960418 Multi-currency postage meter  
The present invention provides an apparatus and method for converting a postage amount expressed in a first currency denomination into at least a second currency denomination and printing the...
5902439 Self-adhesive stamps  
Self-adhesive stamps comprising: a layer (2) of stamp paper bearing a printed stamp design on its front and having perfoated edges (6), a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive (5) on the back of the...
5874142 Linerless adhesive-equipped carrier assembly and method  
A carrier assembly including a label, coupon, booklet or the like for application to a container or other receiver which has an elongated flexible carrier web having opposed faces, one face being...
5873605 Personalized postal stamp  
A personalized postal stamp has on a back surface thereof an adhesive layer for adhering the stamp to a letter or postal card, and on a front surface thereof first and second regions. The first...
5852813 Method and arrangement for entering data into a postage meter machine  
In a method and to an arrangement for entering data into a postage meter machine, after calling stored setting data, a routine is triggered that includes a manual input routine. The arrangement...
5848810 Printed labels for postal indicia  
Pressure sensitive adhesive labels having postal indicia on them are used to produce mailing pieces, and allow production of distinctive mailing pieces at high speeds (e.g. 300-500 feet per...
5848401 Hand-held portable postage meter that uses pre-printed tape  
A highly secure hand-held portable postage meter is disclosed that uses partially pre-printed postal tape. Only the date and postage amount remain to be printed on the tape by the meter. The postal...
5794222 Mail processing system and devices therefor  
A mail processing system includes mail processing devices such as postage meters, a sorting machine and a host computer. Each mail processing device provides to each outgoing mail not only its...
RE35791 Printed sheet with integrally formed stamps  
A combination printed sheet and stamps that may be a direct mailer or a book of stamps comprising a sheet of imprintable material of substantially uniform thickness and including a first or stamp...
5709340 Article having microencapsulated adhesive thereon  
A microencapsulated adhesive and a method for producing that microencapsulated adhesive are disclosed. The adhesive is produced from a solvent-based adhesive composition such as a styrene butadiene...
5685570 Postage stamps  
A stamp (1) is disclosed which has a luminescent coating (9, 11) which over the area of the coating is such that there are a plurality of coated spaced regions interspersed with non-coated regions....
5667249 Stamp incorporating electronic article surveillance technology  
An article of manufacture includes a substrate layer having an indicator of value thereon; an adhesive layer; and a switch attached to one of the substrate layer and the adhesive layer. The switch...
5600562 Method for the operation of a postage meter machine  
In a method for the operation of a postage meter machine jointly by a plurality of users, at least one message is allocated to each user and has at least one identifier that identifies the...
5503436 ATM dispensable self-adhesive postage stamp construction  
There is provided a postage stamp construction formed of a plurality of postage stamps adhered to a currency sized release liner by an ooze resistant pressure sensitive adhesive which construction...
5423573 Composite stamp  
A composite stamp has two parts that are used in combination to provide the finished stamp on a piece of mail. One part bears a decorative design, and the second part bears the normal identifying...
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